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Thirty-two people were hurt when a shuttle bus carrying dozens crashed Saturday morning near Hermann, Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she didn’t see evidence of a “cover-up” of former President Biden’s mental acuity in the lead-up to the 2024 election, and she doesn't believe her former colleagues would have participated in one. Psaki, who served as Biden's press secretary from 2021 to 2022 and is now a...

Congress is drafting the "No Tax On Tips" legislation, but it would only apply to certain employees, leaving out independent contractors, including delivery drivers, who rely on app-based platforms to earn extra income.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to respond against the Houthi rebels and “their Iranian terror masters" after the group fired a missile at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. President Trump said in a post on Truth Social in mid-March that “hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs...

Gov. Greg Abbott will sign school choice legislation into law, ending a years-long battle to pass the controversial proposal.

PBS CEO Paula Kerger said new children’s programming will "skid to a halt" if the government moves ahead with President Trump's attempt to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher joined “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where they spoke about Trump’s order from Friday that seeks to cut funding from...

A community in Texas where a launch site for Elon Musk’s SpaceX company is located voted to incorporate as the city of Starbase on Saturday. Residents of Cameron County, who are mostly SpaceX employees, voted in favor of the move in a 212-6 vote. Musk celebrated the vote in a post on his social media...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that she rejected President Trump's offer to send U.S. troops to the country to fight against drug trafficking.  In remarks to a university in Mexico, Sheinbaum responded to a Friday report from the Wall Street Journal about the two countries' relationship amid the Trump administration's efforts to crack...

Thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepted the Trump administration’s voluntary resignation offer, leading to a significant reduction in force. The decrease accounts for about 15 percent of the total workforce at the department which regulates food quality, agriculture development and nationwide nutrition efforts. A USDA spokesperson told The Hill that...

Vice President Vance defended President Trump from criticism regarding his Friday Truth Social post portraying himself as a pontiff days after the death of Pope Francis. “Hey, @JDVance, you fine with this disrespect and mocking of the Holy Father?” Bill Kristol, who served as chief of staff to the vice president in the Bush administration,...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett told shareholders Saturday he intends to retire from his role as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, an American multinational holding company. Buffett, 94, recommended that Canadian businessman and vice chairman Greg Abel succeed him after a 55-year run at the helm of the conglomerate. “I think the time has arrived where Greg...

The Voice of America (VOA) reporters’ plan to return to work next week is up in the air after an appeals court issued a stay on Saturday, halting a late April order from a district judge that prevented the administration from dismantling the international broadcaster.  The court, in a 2-1 opinion, ruled that the federal...

President Trump rounded out his first 100 days in office as lawmakers returned to Washington this week with the directive to pass his agenda amid lingering economic tensions. The administration's tariff plan has left the global economy reeling as consumer confidence has plummeted. On Friday, the also president unveiled his budget plan, which included steep...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s new assignment as President Trump’s interim national security adviser brings him deeper into an inner circle dominated by "America First" loyalists. But that may not mean more clout on policy decisions. “It doesn't signal greater influence over policy,” said Kori Schake, a senior fellow and the director of foreign and...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed the Defense Department on Friday after an Army helicopter forced two commercial passenger jets landing at Reagan National Airport to shift course. On Thursday, air traffic control instructed a Delta Airlines flight and Republic Airways plane to perform go-arounds due to a “Priority Air Transport helicopter inbound to the Pentagon...

Innovators can help customers use credit well by setting prices low, limiting risk, and providing nonfinancial assistance, reducing the need for credit-card price controls.

Comedian Bill Maher expressed frustration with the White House on Friday, just over 100 days since President Trump took office, citing economic uncertainty brought to the forefront by President Trump's latest tariffs. "We hit the 100-day mark of the Trump administration, as you know, this week, and ooh, the numbers are kind of in the...

Justin Trudeau's time as prime minister was marked by authoritarianism and economic decline, while Mark Carney's rise to lead Canada represents a more radical transformation, aimed at turning the country into an administrative region within a larger system of corporate governance.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk reflected on his speech after President Trump's inauguration in January, while lashing out at the media for misportraying what he called a loving gesture as a Nazi salute. Musk, who has played an influential role in helping Trump overhaul the government during the president's first 100 days in office, slammed those...

President Trump’s administration is planning to cut more than 1,000 workers at the CIA and other intelligence agencies as it continues its push to downsize the federal government. Apart from the CIA, the reductions will occur at other intelligence agencies, such as the National Security Agency. The cuts, which total over 1,200 employees, will take...

Former national security adviser John Bolton characterized Marco Rubio's new dual role as secretary of state and national security adviser as “absolutely bizarre," suggesting during an interview that it could make President Trump look bad.  “An organized White House would announce the successor immediately. And the fact that they didn't have a successor showed they...

President Trump weighed in on whether the U.S. will enter a recession, saying during an interview that “anything can happen,” but argued country’s economic state will be “OK” in the long-term.  Trump, during an interview with NBC’s “Meet The Press” that will air in full on Sunday, first dismissed concerns about the nation entering a...

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